[BLOEMFONTEIN] One killed, 11 injured following vehicle collision

One person was killed, and 11 others sustained injuries ranging from moderate to serious after an SUV and a bakkie collided on Kenneth Kaunda road in Bloemfontein this evening.

When ER24 paramedics arrived at the scene just after 18H00, they found most of the patients lying in the road. Upon further assessment, they found a man who had sustained fatal injuries. He was declared dead at the scene.

Two others were found to have sustained serious injuries while the rest of the patients sustained moderate injuries.

It is believed that the patients were all from the bakkie.

ER24 and various other medical services on the scene transported the patients to hospital for further medical care.

The exact circumstances surrounding the incident were not yet known to our paramedics, but the police were on the scene for further investigations.